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    Do you want to limit yourself to ASCII or the latin script? What about diacritics like accents (é, â...)? Commented May 18, 2015 at 12:24
  • Thanks for the follow up. Updated original post for clarification. Commented May 18, 2015 at 12:25
  • Does it really need to be in bash? Will a language like Perl or awk do? Commented May 18, 2015 at 12:25
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    Then why not just call Perl or Python from bash? Especially with perl, it is very easy to use it as a one-liner. Commented May 18, 2015 at 12:36
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    Are you trying to learn or just want the result? In the second case there are plenty of programs that do the job like john the ripper (john) and the like, which will give you plenty of possibilities. Commented May 18, 2015 at 14:46